Brooks Pilgrim

Brooks, a native of Carbonear Newfoundland, is acting as the Aquaculture planner for Coastal Zone Canada 2004 Youth Forum while currently working towards his Masters in Marine Studies (Fisheries Resource Management) at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He also holds an Advanced Diploma in Aquaculture from the Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Natural Resource Management from the College of the North Atlantic. 

Brooks has gained valuable experience in the fields of Natural Resource Management, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Coastal Zone Management through employment with agencies such as: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Science Branch (BIO, Dartmouth, N.S.), Development Officer & Marine Species Specialist (Aquaculture, Commercial and Under-utilized Fisheries) for the Coast of Bays Corporation (St. Alban’s, Newfoundland), Biological Field Technician for Acadian Seaplants Ltd. (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia), Project Biologist/Coordinator for the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture/Lower Trinity South Development Corporation and with Parks Canada (Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland) as a Resource Conservation Assistant.

 Brooks currently volunteers on a number of committees including: Working Group-Coastal Zone Canada Youth Forum, Review Committee-Master of Marine Studies (Coastal Zone Management), Graduate Committee-Master of Marine Studies (Fisheries Resource Management), and the Board of Directors–Memorial University Graduate Students Union. Previously he has volunteered on committees such as: Aquaculture Advisory Representative-Coast of Bays Board of Directors, and Steering Committee-Coast of Bays Coastal Zone Management Project, and acted as Technical Advisor-Catfish and Tilapia Aquaculture for Ghudali Farms Ltd., Nigeria, Africa, to name a few.